Activity 2 Determining if Online Behavior is Appropriate or Inappropriate

Activity 2: Determining if Online Behavior is Appropriate or Inappropriate

• The learner will determine what type of online behavior can have negative impacts on his/her professional future
• The learner will identify how to appropriately use text, images, and digital content with an online identity.

• Computer with Internet Access

• Ask Students: Do you think there is anything about your online identity that might be seen as inappropriate by a future employer? Why or Why not?

• Students will look at the Examples Blogs (good blogging and bad blogging)
• Working in small groups, students will use the sample blogs to evaluate 'good' and 'bad' components of online identities and explain why they fall into each category.
• Students will rationalize why these items fall under each category.
• Students will look at the “Good Blog” Example resources and determine what qualities are exemplified on the good blogs.

• Using the information learned during the lesson, students need to reflect upon ways they can modify or improve their current online identity. They need to list one attribute of responsible online posting and one attribute of irresponsible online posting.